Pioneer in Yokohama : A Dutchman's Adventures in the New Treaty Port, From Ontmoetingen ter Zee en te Land, Paperback by De Coningh, C. T. Assendelft; Chaiklin, Martha (TRN), ISBN 1603848363, ISBN-13 9781603848367

In this memoir, Dutch merchant sailor . Assendelft de Coningh, an employee of the Dutch East India Company, offers an account of his life on the island of Deshima, where the Japanese government required Dutch traders to live, and in the port of Yokohama in the late 1850s. The memoir sheds light on trade and life in Japan before and after the 'opening' of Japan to trade to the West. An introduction offers historical and cultural context and a brief overview of Assendelft de Coningh's life. Footnotes to the manuscript explain terms and references for modern readers. Th includes a chronology and b&w historical photos and illustrations. Translator and editor Chaiklin teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR